Broom and staff holder



Nov. 5, 1935. B'ATEMAN 2,020,274

BROOM AND STAFF HOLDER Patented Nov. 5, 1935 2 UNITED a, STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

The invention relates to an improved device for use in holding suspended brooms, mops, and other handled tools, fishing rodsand the like, and has for one of its objects the provision of a holder that is reasonable in cost of manufacture, that may be secured to a wall or other upright support, and that will frictionally engage the handle or stafi to securely hold it in sus pended position, and that is so constructed that the handle or staff may-be inserted and secured in position by one hand. g

A further object of the invention is the provision of a broom and staff holder that will effectively hold the broom or staff without marring it, and is provided-with means for holding the broom or staff by its own weight.

The invention will be described in detail hereinafter and will be found illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side view in elevation of the improved broom and staff holder showing a broom in suspended position,

Figure 2 is a front view of the broom and staff holder on an enlarged scale,

Figure 3 is a sectional view on a vertical plane indicated by the line 3-3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a view on a horizontal plane indicated by the line 44 of Figure 3, and

Figure 5 is a sectional detail on a plane indi cated by the line 5-5 of Figure 3.

Referring to" the drawing in which similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the improved broom or staff holder is preferably made of sheet metal and has a substantially U-shaped base member ID having its sides cut out as shown at I l and the cut out portions bent laterally of the U-shaped member providing tongues l2 having keyhole slots l3 therein to receive the stems of driven fastenings It. The bight portion l5 of the U-shaped member I0 is also provided with a keyhole slot It to receive the stem of another driven fastening It. By thisconstruction it will be apparent that the device may be removed and replaced readily.

The side walls I! of the U-shaped member Ml are provided with angular shaped notches E8, the upper edges of the notches I9 being substantially at right angles to the front edges 29 of the U-shaped member It, while the lower edges of the notches 2i incline forwardly and downwardly relatively to the edges l9, at an acute angle thereto.

Below the edges 2| of the recesses I8 is secured a substantially semicylindrical member 22, bridging the space between the side walls l1, and se- 5 cured thereto in any suitable manner. Mounted in the recesses I8 is a circular disk or plate 23 having an opening 24, and provided with a radial extension 25 terminating in a cross bar 26, having reduced extensions 21 engaging in openings 10 28 in the sides I1, and forming trunnions pivoting the plate for vertical swinging movement in the recesses I8.

As shown in Figure 1,. a handle or staff A is held in clamped position by engaging the upper 15 end of the handle or staff in the opening 24 and is clamped therein by engagement against the semicylindrical insert 22, it being apparent that as the upper edges I9 of the recesses l8 will limit the upward swinging of the disk or plate 23 to 20 a horizontal position that the end of the handle or staff may be readily inserted in the opening 24 by pushing the handle or staff against the disk or plate 23' with one hand, while by lifting the disk or plate when the broom handle or staff 25 is in position to a horizontal position, thehandle or staff will drop from engagement in the opening 24, being released from engagement with the semicylindrical member 22.

What is claimed is: 30 1. A broom and staff holder having spaced side walls provided with oppositely disposed v-shaped notches, a concave wall connecting said side walls below said notches, a disk pivotally mounted between said side walls and movable in 35 said notches, said disk having an opening to receive a broom handle or staff, the edges of said notches limiting the pivotal movement of said disk.

2. A broom and staff holder, comprising a 40 U-shaped base member having side walls provided with V-shaped notches, a concave member connecting the extremities of the side walls below the notches, a disk pivotally mounted be tween the side walls and movable in said notches, M said disk having an opening therein to receive a broom handle or staff, the edges of said notches limiting the pivotal movement of said disk, and means to secure said base member to an upright support.

FLOYD E. BATEMAN. 

